McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 255

Title: McCarthy Album 07, Photograph 255
Description: Caption: "Sloat Monument. Monument, Cal," c. 1915, shows the Commodore John Drake Sloat monument in Monterey, California. The monument was constructed in 1910 and commemorates the taking possession of California from Mexico in 1846 by Sloat and his men at Monterey, which was the capital city of Alta California during the Mexican era.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Monterey, California
Date: 1915
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb07-255
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Commodore John D. Sloat Monument, Monterey
Type: Still Image